Chapter 8: Making Friends: Fire Blitz's First Friendship Lesson
"Oh, Fire! Just the pony I wanted to see!" Spike said.
"Spike?" Fire asked, "Where's Mom?"
"She's right behind you, but Headmare Twilight's a busy bee." The purple dragon replied, "Anyway, she told me to give you a new schedule."
Fire Blitz took a piece of paper filled with text from front to back.
"What the hay is this?" Fire Blitz asked, "It looks different. Is everypony getting a revised schedule or what?"
" This is what I like to call the Ultimate School of Friendship Schedule." Spike said, "What's new is in addition to your class schedule and times, it also includes the meal and sleep schedules."
"Say, Spike, what's with all the weird names?" Fire Blitz said, pointing his hoof at each class from How to Be a Kind Friend to Everycreature to On the Road to Friendship.
"Well, if you want my opinion on the matter, I think they're quite creative names." Spike said in reply, "Go ahead, Fire. I'll help you find Fluttershy's classroom."
"Thank you, Spike, but some friends of mine have already shown me around." Fire Blitz replied.
The Student Six smiled and waved, signalling him to come too.
Fire quickly galloped over and the seven friends headed to class.
"If you aren't kind to your friends, what do you think would happen?" Fluttershy asked.
Filled with uncertainty, Fire raised his hoof.
"I don't know exactly, Professor Fluttershy, but my friends here are encouraging me to guess an answer." He said.
The yellow Pegasus smiled.
"Yes. We're all here to learn, Fire. So, what do you think will happen if we are rude to our friends?" She said.
"Well, for firsts, apologise because you most likely didn't mean to cause them harm." Fire Blitz began.
"Good job, Fire! It pays off being Twilight's son!" Fluttershy said, "Go on."
"But if they continue to be rude, you've gotta make sure they remember to be kind to one another because we're here to make friends not enemies."
"OK! Class dismissed!" Fluttershy called.
She trotted over to Fire Blitz.
"For your second day at The School of Friendship, you're sure making progress." She said, "See you tomorrow."
After How to Be a Kind Friend to Everycreature, Silverstream told Fire Blitz that their next class, as shown on his schedule, was Rainbow Dash's class.
"Kindness and then Loyalty." Fire Blitz said, "Say, Gallus, do they have field trips here?"
"Yeah." Gallus replied, "It's the part of the day in which we go on Friendship Missions that takes place after learning the importance of loyalty in friendship."
"What exactly are these Friendship Missions? I forget." Fire asked.
"Oh yeah." Said Sandbar, "It is only your second day. Friendship Missions are when we go out and solve friendship problems. It's a lot of fun."
"I bet so." He grumbled, "It's what my mother and her friends often have to do because of her blasted Cutie Map or whatever the hay that shit's called."
Then Smolder quickly changed the subject.
"I don't know about you, but I'm gettin' kinda hungry." Smolder said.
The other Student Six plus Fire stare at her.
"What? Dragons get hungry easily. I don't care if it's only nine in the morning." Smolder said, "But fine. I can wait until 11:45. It doesn't bother me."
They all laughed.
Just as Twilight Sparkle was passing by, she noticed her son's stronger relationship with the Student Six. She trotted over to her son.
"Oh, hi, Mom!" Fire Blitz said.
"Hi, Fire." Twilight said, "I'm so proud of you for making such good friends while you're here!"
Her son blushed.
"Thanks, Mom." He said.
Then the Princess of Friendship saw the look on his face.
"What's going on?" She asked, "You should be happy!"
"Remember my first friend?" Fire Blitz asked.
"Yes, what about her?" Twilight said.
"It's just that I still wonder how Storm's doing. I just feel bad that I'm here while she's far away at the Wonderbolts Academy." He said.
"I appreciate that You're thinking of all of your friends." Twilight said, "I know it's hard. You'll catch up with her sometime."
"I hope so." Fire said.
